Sri Lanka 196 for 5 (Asalanka 67, Perera 53, Neesham 2-30) tied with New Zealand 196 for 8 (Mitchell 66, Chapman 33, Hasaranga 2-30) Super Over Sri Lanka 12 beat New Zealand 8 Ish Sodhi‘s last-ball six tied the game after Dasun Shanaka looked to have almost won it for the visitors defending 12 off the final over, but Maheesh Theekshana held his nerve in the Super Over before Charith…
Williamson will head home next week and be seen by relevant medical specialists to establish a treatment plan, according to NZC. “It is sad to lose Kane to injury so early in the tournament. We wish him a speedy recovery, with the hope of seeing him in action very soon,” Titans’ director of cricket Vikram Solanki, said in a statement. In what was his debut game for Titans, Williamson had…
Former India allrounder Salim Durani has died aged 88. He was living with his brother Jahangir Durani in Jamnagar, Gujarat, according to PTI. Durani had undergone a proximal femoral nail surgery after he broke his thigh bone in a fall in January this year. An aggressive left-handed batter and a left-arm spinner, Durani played 29 Tests, scoring 1202 runs and taking 75 wickets. He was best remembered for that magical…
Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting reckoned that dropping Kyle Mayers early on, and the team’s lacklustre fielding in general, was a big reason behind their 50-run loss against Lucknow Super Giants. Mayers was on 14 off 15 balls when Khaleel Ahmed shelled a sitter at short third off Chetan Sakariya in the sixth over. The opener then flicked a switch and clubbed 59 off his next 23 balls. As…
Once a war approaches its end, it is instructional to remind yourself of the point of the peace. In the case of Yorkshire cricket, the point of the peace should be blindingly obvious: to create an environment in which talented cricketers have equal opportunity to succeed in a culture free from prejudice and discrimination, and in which all spectators can feel a true sense of belonging. An outcome about which…
Lucknow Super Giants 193 (Mayers 73, Pooran 36, Khaleel 2-30) beat Delhi Capitals 143 for 9 (Warner 56, Wood 5-14) by 50 runs An explosive 38-ball 73 from Kyle Mayers on IPL debut and a blistering spell of fast bowling from Mark Wood, who was featuring in only his second IPL game, razed Delhi Capitals in Lucknow. Mayers might not have even played this game for Lucknow Super Giants had…
Big picture – Will upgrades translate into on-field results? Last season, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals seemed to have squads that covered a lot of bases but were still somehow incomplete. Sunrisers had impressive pace resources and seemed to have sorted out their long-standing batting-depth issue, but they lacked spin options, and struggled to get going with the bat in the powerplay, with Kane Williamson enduring a horror season. Royals…
Punjab Kings 191 for 5 (Rajapaksa 50, S Dhawan 40, Southee 2-54) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 146 for 7 (Russell 35, Arshdeep 3-19) by seven runs (DLS method) For most of the contest, Kolkata Knight Riders were behind the run of play against Punjab Kings. Chasing 192, they were 80 for 5, with victory looking like a bleak possibility. That’s when Andre Russell and Venkatesh Iyer stitched together a partnership…
Big picture – Mumbai Indians’ bowling looks thin Royal Challengers Bangalore’s quest for their maiden IPL title is still on but they have been pretty consistent of late, making the playoffs in each of the last three seasons. This run has also coincided with them not playing at their home ground, M Chinnaswamy Stadium – theirs is one of the poorest home records for an IPL team. This season, they…
Alongside “entertainment” another buzz theme has underpinned English cricket in recent times – “enjoyment”. It’s been key to a career spanning more than two decades for Tim Murtagh but now, as an end draws near in the playing sense at least, enjoyment of each game has assumed a little more prominence. Murtagh, Middlesex’s ever-reliable swing bowler, jokes that for about half his career he’s been saying “just one more year”…